Sankara Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 February 2018: If Kandeh Yumkella loses the presidential election, ignorance, illiteracy and tribalism would be the main reasons behind such a fiasco. Otherwise, Kandeh Yumkella is the best man for the job. I have seen several rotten governments in Sierra Leone, and the political [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 February 2018 An ECOWAS Mission of fifty-five election observers have arrived in Sierra Leone for the country’s March 7 presidential, parliamentary and local council elections. The ECOWAS Observation Mission is led by Liberia’s former Interim President, Professor Amos Sawyer. According to a press release from ECOWAS, [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 February 2017 The general election in Sierra Leone is slowing inching its way to the climax. The declarations have been made. The registrations, aspirations, conventions, and nominations have all concluded. The campaign season is now in full swing. But amidst turning and turning in [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 February 2018 The filing cabinets at Sierra Leone’s State House are filled with reports that have not seen the light of day or implemented by the government, as promised. A good example is the 1991 Constitution Review Report, which was completed over a year ago and [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 February 2018 Merck Foundation – a non-profit organization and a subsidiary of Merck KGaA Germany, has announced that it is establishing a partnership with the First Lady of The Gambia Foundation – Fatoumatta Bah Barrow (FaBB) foundation. The partnership aims to achieve Merck foundation’s objectives of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 February 2018 The people of Sierra Leone will in the next few weeks be saying goodbye to president Koroma, who has ruled the country for over ten years. Presidential and general elections will be held on March 7, 2018, and his handpicked heir to his throne [Read More]
John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 February 2018 Sierra Leone has made tremendous progress over the years, especially in sustaining the gains she had made in the areas of peace, socio-economic growth and with resounding democratic credentials. Politically, the country continues to enjoy an enabling environment, with multiparty democracy [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 February 2018 Will the people of Sierra Leone experience violent free elections on 7th of March 2018? This question must be asked tonight, after last night’s orgy of violence that was unleashed in the norther town of Kamalo – the hotly contested hometown of the ruling [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 February 2018 Last week’s presidential debate in Freetown, not only saw some of the candidates washing their dirty linens on the world stage, but saw mud being thrown at each other. But how much of this mud can be washed off, with presidential and general elections [Read More]
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